passing a variable into a jinja import or include from a parent html file

Question

The scenario would be:

\"you have a variable called person which contains a number of fields like name, address, etc which you want to pass to a partial piece of html\"

Answer 1

This complements MatToufoutu's answer.

Environment globals are always available in macros, but context variables are not. To have the context available in an imported macro, you have to use with context when importing, e.g.:

{% from "your_macros.html" import your_macro with context %}

Answer 2

When you include a template into another one, it gains access to its context, so if you pass your person variable to mypage.html's context, you'll be able to access it from your imported template like this:

snippet.html:

<div id="item">
    <ul>
        <li>
            <span>{{ person.name }}</span>
            <span>{{ person.address }}</span>
        </li>
    </ul>
</div>

mypage.html:

<div id="result">
    {% include 'snippet.html' %}
</div>

view.py:

def view(person_id):
    person = Person.get(person_id) # or whatever source you get your data from
    return render_template('mypage.html', person=person)